Door-hanger.



W. R. LEWIS.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.18, 1909.

Patented July 13, 1909.

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' lNlVi/VTOR a Al/omeyX W. LEWIS.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.18, 1909,

Patented July 13, 1909.

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UNITED STATES WALTERROOME LEWIS, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

DOOR-HANGER,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed March 18, 1909. Serial No. 484,206.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVA TER R. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States, residin at Plainfield, in the county of Union and tate of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in door hangers, and the object is to provide a track upon which a door can be readily mounted and removed.

A further object is in the provision for adjusting thewheels for adjusting the door to the proper level so that it will travel along the track withoutany hindrance.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingsl igure I is a view in side elevation of a portion of the track showing any llllpl'QNLQlllQllt in side elevation; Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view through the track on line s--s of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a side view of a portion of track, showing door in track. Fig. 4 1s a sectional view showing a doorsup'ported on the track by the wheels, and Fig. 5 is a sectional View showing the connection between the wheels and door partially in section.

A represents the track adapted to be, supported on a building (not shown), which is constructed practically rectangular in cross section and has the lower edges thereof curved in toward the median plane and then turned u ward so that a trough or track is formed or the wheels. Openings, '1, are formed along one side of the track, A, which openin s are spaced a suitable distance apart. oors, B, are adapted to be received 1n the openings,and the lower ed es or bottom of the doors are turned inwar 1y to conform with the trough of the track, A. The upper edge of the door is bent inwardly in a die onal direction from the main portion, an the outer end is bent at right angles to. the main portion of the door and is'received in a slotted opening, 2, in the uppersurfiice'ofthe track, A. Brackets, 3,

are connected to the track, A, and a bracket,

4, isiconnected to'the doors B." The brackets are constructed with a'lined recesses adapted-to receive and seat a locking bar 5 for receiving and securing thedoors B in place. The door, ,O,which' is tocbe hung, is provided with brackets, 6,-- which are connected to the door in any suitable manner, and the under, surfaces of the brackets are preferably concave. Wheels, 7, are mounted on an ax e, 8, and a shank, 9,con'nected to the axle and depending therefrom, is re ceived through the brackets and extends into the bottom of the track. After the door has been placed in position the doors, B, are again connected to the track andheld in position by the bars, 5, when the complete track is formed, as thclower portion of the doors,

B, conform to the curvature ofthe inturning track. thereby forming a continuous trackway for the wheels. the desired level can be obtained for the door, 3, by turning the nuts upon the shanks, 9.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a very simple means of connecting or mounting adoor upon the track whereby the door can be moved along the track, and if for any reason the wheels should become broken the door can be removed, or merely one of the doors, B, of the track removed and a new set of wheels connected to the door, C, then mounted in the track, A. In mounting the door, C, u on the track, A, the wheels can either first e connected tothe door or the wheels may be mounted on the track and then connected to the door b the shank passing through brackets anc connected by the nuts, 10.

It is evident that more or less slight changes might be made in the form and arwithout' departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction herein nected to the door adapted to be received through the openings in the track and mounted upon the track. 1

By the nuts, 10'

rangement of the several parts described an opening formed in said upper edge of the 2. In a door hanger, the combination with a rectangular track, having openings in the sides thereof, of a door, hanger wheels connected to the door adapted to be received through the openings in the track and mounted upon the track, and doors for c1os ing the openings in the track.

3. In a door hanger, the combination with a rectangular track having openings therein, of a door, hanger wheels adjustably connected to the door adapted to be received through the openings in the track and mounted upon the track, doors for closing the openin s in the track, and means for retaining the core in position.

4. In a door hanger,'the combination with a rectangular truck having openings in the sides and slots in the upper surface thereof, of a door, hunger wheels connected thereto adapted to be received through the openings and mounted upon the truck, doors for closing the openings in the track and having the upper ends thereof passed through the slotted openings in the track, and means for sides and slots in the upper surface thereof, 7

the lower edges of the track being turned in to form track rails, of a door, hanger wheels connected to the door adapted to be received through the openings in the track and mounted in the rails, doors for closing the openings having the lower ends thereof bent to conform to the said rails of the track and the upper ends of the doors received in the slots in the track, and means for locking the doors in position. v

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

W A Ll E R .R( )M I LEW I S. Witnesses:

.JoI-IN A. Koon, I JonN G. TAYLOR. 

